Something with the way I use trackpads triggers accidental taps. So maybe there are more people like me for whom it creates a usability problem, versus those who need to be able to tap (who can enable it).

I never really noticed that it was disabled by default... perhaps that's why I don't have rage at the first mis-click when I use a fresh install of OS X, unlike most other OSes. If I was a less savvy user, I'd find it pretty darn frustrating if I couldn't figure out how to turn it off.

agree with you... it is quite annoying in windows boxes accidentally "clicking" something when you are just gerting your fingers out the pad.

Agreed too. My old man sweared and cursed at this new Dell laptop because of that (along with the crappy small touchpad). This probably explains why so many people I know prefer the lenovo nipple thingy over using a touchpad.

Same problem here. I always end up triggering accidental taps. Tap to click is the first feature I always turn off on any new laptop.

As far as virtualizing several instances of Mac OS X inside Mac OS X, unfortunately for Apple, that ship has already sailed as far as Apple getting any kind of market share when it comes to the server virtualization market. Microsoft and Linux have already won that war.